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Please be informed that the funicular service at Penang Hill will stop operation earlier than usual on 31st October 2017 (Tuesday), 7.00 p.m. for a planned maintenance. The last train from the Upper Station will depart at 6.45 p.m. The ticket sales will stop at 4.00p.m. Our operation shall resume… Read more »

At 5:00am, on any day of the week, men and women line the roads from George Town to Batu Ferringhi wearing high-visibility vests and faces of concentration as they sneak in a quick jog before the sun comes up, and the world demands their attention. Those running are going through… Read more »

Three streets in the Little India area here will be closed to traffic for six days in conjunction with the Deepavali Festival Mega Sale which will be celebrated on Oct 18. Penang Island City Council Infrastructure and Traffic Committee alternate chairman, Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik said the three streets would be closed… Read more »

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